How can you get an audiobook version of your work?
As an author, you understand the process of producing a written book: you write, it gets proofed, edited, and finally prepped for publication. It’s similar with audiobook production: a narrator records their performance, then the recording gets proofed, edited, and prepped for publication. It’s pretty complicated, with lots of technical details to sort, and there are multiple paths to get your work in audioform for your fans.
But here’s a simplified guide to help you.
(Note: There’s a lot of jargon, so you might want to check out the vocab list first.)
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An Audiobook publisher might offer to license your audiobook rights.
You can pay a production company to produce (and often distribute) your audiobook.
You can pay a narrator directly to produce your audiobook, then distribute its files however you like.
You can partner with your narrator on a royalty sharing (RS) deal.